Definition
- An online social "microblogging" website that allows its users to interact with each other using 140 character (letters, numbers, punctuation, etc.) text messages called "tweets."
Alternate Spellings
facebook, linkedin, tweet
Related Terms and Acronyms
- Browser — Definition,
- A computer software program used for accessing and viewing Internet Web sites.
- Encryption — Definition,
- A method for ensuring the privacy and security of a consumer's personal finance information at a bank or financial institution Web site. Encryption is the process of scrambling data so that only the intended receiver can use it. To be effective, encryption needs to be used by both the sender and the receiver. Consumers should make sure it is being used when sending sensitive information. CanEquity uses a encrypted server for all of our online applications.
- Facebook — Definition,
- The world's most used social network launched in 2004.
- LinkedIn — Definition,
- A social network for professionals.
- Secure Socket Layer (SSL) — Acronym,
- A standard form of encryption used over the Internet for e-commerce and banking transactions.
➥ Seen as 'https' in a web address (URL).
